CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - At Carlinville's City Council meeting on April 3, 2017, the council directed their attorney to provide all the requested records for all FOIA requests submitted as of that date (April 3, 2017). During their April 17, 2017 meeting, the City Attorney Richard Bertinetti, City...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - November 4th, 2015, Plaintiff Jaclyn Pazera filed this complaint against police officers working for the College of DuPage and also named the college. November 13th, 2015 Plaintiff filed an amended complaint. January 6th of 2016 the College filed their answer to the complaint. March 2nd,...
Metcalf, IL. (ECWd) - Pictures are of flooding in Metcalf - mostly on Metcalf Road, with County Road 6 being the worst. Mayor Cheryl Gill said it could have been a lot worse had the village not worked with the Edgar County Highway Department in 2012 to...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Carlinville FOIA Officer apparently thinks FOIA does not apply to them. The Illinois Attorney General has sent another letter of inquiry requiring an answer from the City of Carlinville on why they have refused to answer a Freedom of Information Act request from...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Breaking News: The City of Carlinville answered a FOIA request within the 5-day requirement! The Freedom Of Information Act request did not come from me, but it did come from someone who writes for blnnews.com. What she requested was the payroll of all city...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - A long-time reader of ECWd sent us the attached letter from the Attorney General's Public Access Counselor requesting the City of Carlinville provide further information on why it refused to answer two Freedom of Information Act requests sent to them by Mr. Robert Bogue. Please...
[caption id="attachment_36236" align="alignnone" width="190"] Amy Connolly[/caption] Tinley Park, Illinois On May 1st, 2017, the Village of Tinley Park filed a scathing federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Eastern Division) against erstwhile Planning Director Amy Connolly for deliberate breach of...
EFFINGHAM, IL. (ECWd) - As citizens, we don't just have the right to expect local governments spend our tax dollars legally and transparently--we have the responsibility to hold them accountable when they don't. But how can you keep your local government honest? Join Americans for Prosperity Foundation...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - In yet another example of poor legal input, the Township Board appointed a replacement Supervisor to serve the remainder of Steve Shoaff's term, which is a whopping 14 days, and it went downhill from there. In order for a person to enter upon...
WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) - During the Wheeling Village Council meeting on May 1, 2017, a resident questioned the suspicious timing of a gift of public property to a developer, and the timing of the paying off of former Mayor Argiris' home just days prior to it's foreclosure/Sheriff's sale. Deborah...
